Electronic Government

Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 5 January 2015.

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Photo of Chi Onwurah Chi Onwurah Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints there have been to the Information Commissioner's Office about Government data sharing policies.

Photo of Simon Hughes Simon Hughes The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is the independent statutory regulator and complaints handler for information rights. Complaints raised and dealt with by the ICO in respect of data protection or data sharing concern organisations’ compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. The ICO does not hold any central records of concerns raised about government data sharing policies.

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